WO2000056637A1 - Systeme de rangement pour vetements - Google Patents

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WO2000056637A1
WO2000056637A1 PCT/NL2000/000193 NL0000193W WO0056637A1 WO 2000056637 A1 WO2000056637 A1 WO 2000056637A1 NL 0000193 W NL0000193 W NL 0000193W WO 0056637 A1 WO0056637 A1 WO 0056637A1
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garments
conveyor member
storage device
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Nicolaas Hyacinthus Maria Van Remundt
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Technico Services B.V.
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Priority to DE60011878T priority patent/DE60011878T2/de
Priority to AT00914372T priority patent/ATE270242T1/de
Publication of WO2000056637A1 publication Critical patent/WO2000056637A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/12—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like
    • B65G1/133—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like the circuit being confined in a horizontal plane

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  • the invention relates to a garments storage device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device of this nature is known, for example, f ⁇ ?tfm NL-A-9500506.
  • This document shows a carousel with a chain which can move along a loop rail and to which a large number of hanging hooks are attached.
  • Clothes hangers bearing garments can be hung from the hooks .
  • the hooks hang substantially directly below the chain.
  • the device is intended to store and release, one by one in a controlled manner, large numbers of garments, for example in chemical or industrial laundries, and in garment-sor ing devices.
  • a drawback of the known device is that it takes up large amounts of space and is consequently expensive to use.
  • the maximum number of garments which can be stored per m 2 is small.
  • the hanging hooks have to be a relatively great distance from one another in order to enable clothes hangers bearing garments to be hung in the carousel and removed therefrom.
  • the distance between the hooks has to be great in particular if the hooks in front of and behind a hook which is to be loaded are already occupied. Loading and unloading takes place in a straight section of the rail.
  • an aisle is provided along the straight rail section.
  • a further drawback is that adjacent garments may become jammed in the curved sections of the rail. To prevent this, the radius of curvature of the curved rail sections has to be relatively large. Together with the aisles, this makes the device rather wide.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a garments storage device in which these drawbacks are overcome.
  • the invention aims to provide a reliable garments storage device which takes up little space, even if the carousel has to be randomly loadable.
  • the device comprises an endless conveyor member, such as a chain, which can be driven along a guide track and to which bearing arms are attached.
  • the bearing arms extend outwards. Those parts of the bearing arms which lie furthest outwards are each provided with a hook means for a clothes hanger bearing a garment to be hung from.
  • the guide track comprises straight and curved track sections and is, for example, in the form of a loop. During a movement of the conveyor member along the guide track, the distances between the hook means which lie one behind the other are always automatically increased in the curved track sections and decreased in the straight track sections.
  • the bearing arms are substantially parallel to one another, while in the curved track section the outermost bearing-arm parts spread apart in the form of a fan.
  • the hook means spread apart to a greater or lesser extent in the curved track sections depending on the radius of curvature and the length of the bearing arms. The smaller the radius of curvature and the greater the length of the bearing arms, the greater the distance between the hook means becomes in the curved track sections.
  • GB-A-2, 075, 351 shows a garments storage device which has an endless chain which is driven along a conveyor track, bearing rods which extend outwards in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the chain being attached to the chain at fixed positions.
  • the distances between the attachment points of the bearing rods on the chain are so great that there is only ever one or at most two bearing rods in a curved section of a conveyor track.
  • the outer bearing-rod parts are not provided with hook elements, but rather the entire bearing rod is intended to have a plurality of clothes hangers hung from it. Consequently, the first clothes hanger hung from a bearing rod comes to rest against the chain. Therefore, there can be no question of increasing and reducing distances between hook elements provided on outer bearing-arm parts which can be used to good effect for hanging clothes hangers from with the device according to GB-A-2, 076,351.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of an embodiment of a garments storage device according to the invention without garments hung in it;
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross-sectional view, on line II-II in Fig. 1, with garments hung from the device;
  • Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the device from
  • Fig. 4 shows a partial view corresponding to Fig. 1 with garments hung up and with a partition in a free position;
  • Fig. 5 shows a view corresponding to that shown in Fig. 4, with the partition in a shielding position.
  • the garments storage device in Figs. 1-3 comprises a carousel 1.
  • the carousel 1 may be positioned either on legs or in a suspended position.
  • the carousel 1 comprises an endless conveyor member 2 which is guided around an elongate loop track.
  • the track has two straight track sections 4 and two curved track sections 5.
  • the straight track sections 4 are delimited by profile sections 6 which are open on one side and provided, for example, with a wear-resistant plastic layer in which the conveyor member 2 is supported.
  • Other supports and/or guides are also possible, for example guide wheels.
  • the conveyor member 2 is driven by a drive wheel 7 which is connected to a switch cabinet 8.
  • the conveyor member 2 is guided over a running wheel 9.
  • the wheels 7, 9 delimit the curved track sections 5 and keep the conveyor member 2 taut .
  • a large number of bearing arms 10 are attached to the conveyor member 2.
  • the bearing arms 10 extend outwards from the conveyor member 2. Those parts of the bearing arms which lie furthest outwards are provided with hook means 11 for clothes hangers 12 bearing garments 13 (cf. Fig. 2) to be hung from.
  • the length of the bearing arms 10 is such that the garment 13 cannot come into contact with the support frame 14. More particularly, the length of the bearing arms 10 is greater than half the width of the garments 13 which are to be hung from them.
  • the distance between two successive hook means 11 is not constant, but rather increases and decreases as the conveyor member 2 moves along the track.
  • the distance xl between hook means in the curved track section 5 is greater than the distance x2 between hook means in the straight track section 4. More particularly, xl is at least double x2. This ensures, in a simple manner, that the garments in the curved track sections always automatically hang with a larger space between them, making them easier to gain access to, in particular for the purpose of loading and unloading the carousel 1.
  • the carousel 1 comprises two endless conveyor members 2 which are arranged one below the other and are driven synchronously by the drive wheel 7.
  • Each bearing arm 10 is designed in the form of a V-shaped fork and is supported on both conveyor members
  • This forked design of the bearing arm 10 provides considerable stability and makes it easy to absorb the moment which is exerted on the bearing arm 10 by the weight of the garment 13.
  • the bearing arm may also be of any other desired form.
  • the conveyor members 2 are in this case formed by chains. Drive belts and the like may also be used.
  • the use of chains has the advantage that the length of a device which is to be constructed can easily be adjusted as desired, by varying the number of links. It is also possible to replace the chain with a chain having larger or smaller links. In this way, the device can easily be adapted to the size or number of garments which is to be attached to a bearing arm.
  • the bearing arms 10 are, for example, attached around the other link on the conveyor member 2.
  • the garments storage device is advantageously used for storing and giving out personal garments one by one in a controlled manner.
  • an insertion and removal station 20 is provided in the curved track section.
  • the station 20 comprises a lockable access door 21.
  • the locking of the door 21 is controlled by control means which, as a function of a position code which is to be input, firstly ensure that a bearing-arm position associated with this code moves to directly behind the access door 21, and only then release the door 21. The user can then open the door 21 and hang a clothes hanger bearing garment 13 from the bearing arm 10 in front of the door or, if desired, remove a hanger therefrom.
  • the access door 21 is closed and a subsequent user can input his position code and hang his garment in the carousel or remove it again.
  • the conveyor member can advantageously rotate in two directions, so that the time which is required to release a specific bearing-arm position can be minimized.
  • the control means are designed to ensure, after a personal code has been input, that the empty bearing-arm position which is closest to the door 21 moves to immediately behind the door 21. The user can then open the door 21, hang a garment on a clothes hanger and close the door 21 again. From that moment, this bearing-arm position is linked to the personal code. The next time this code is input, the control means ensure that the associated bearing-arm position moves to behind the door 21, so that the user can remove his garment again .
  • a movable partition 24 is provided behind the access door 21.
  • the partition 24 can move between a free position (Fig. 4) and a shielding position (Fig. 5) .
  • the free position the bearing arms with the garments 13 hanging from them can move freely past the partition 24.
  • the shielding position two parts of the partition 24 are positioned on either side of a bearing arm 10 and thus shield the bearing-arm position lying behind the access door 21 from the two adjoining bearing-arm positions.
  • the arrangement of partitions 24 is possible since the bearing arms 10 spread apart considerably in the curved track section 5.
  • the partition 24 is moved automatically between the free position and the shielding position by control means as soon as the desired bearing-arm position is situated behind the door 21 and the carousel 1 is at a standstill.
  • the partition parts 24 are each formed by segmented wall panels which, on the top and bottom sides, are connected to displacement means 25, which are diagrammatically indicated in Figs. 4 and 5 by dot-dashed lines and are formed, for example, by a chain which is guided along wheels 26. Since the wall panels extend from the top downwards over substantially the entire height of the carousel, garments on the adjoining bearing arms are advantageously completely protected from theft, but also from vandalism such as spraying with paint or other dirt.
  • the bearing arms with hook means are advantageously suitable for automatic loading and unloading.
  • the means for automatic loading and unloading can easily be arranged in the curved track sections, since there is always sufficient free space between the hook means in those areas.
  • the spaces which become available in the curved track sections are advantageously sufficiently large to ensure that loading and unloading can take place automatically even if the positions in front of and behind the bearing-arm position to be loaded are already occupied.
  • the device can also be unloaded and loaded randomly, making the device eminently suitable for sorting functions.
  • the device can also be used for a plurality of clients simultaneously. Each client can remove a desired number of garments from the carousel, after which new items can be added, without the entire carousel having to run until it is emptied, and/or after which a subsequent client order can be sorted.
  • the insertion station is provided at one end and the removal station at another end of the carousel. This makes it possible to carry out loading and unloading simultaneously.
  • a plurality of insertion and removal stations are provided, which can be used for loading and/or unloading at a plurality of locations.
  • the invention provides a garments storage device which makes it possible to hang garments easily, quickly and very reliably in a carousel and then remove them again, since, in a curved section of the carousel, the space between hook means attached to bearing arms is automatically increased.
  • the bearing arms with the garments hanging from them are automatically compacted, so that the number of bearing-arm positions with garments hanging from them per m 2 is maximised.
  • the device may, for example, be used as an automatic cloakroom at events or as a storage device at a business operation such as a hospital or an airport where work clothing has to be worn by the staff.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chain Conveyers (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Control Of Washing Machine And Dryer (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
  • Spinning Or Twisting Of Yarns (AREA)
  • Refuse Collection And Transfer (AREA)
  • Sanitary Device For Flush Toilet (AREA)

Abstract

Ce système, qui est destiné à ranger des vêtements suspendus à des cintres et à en faciliter le retrait, comporte un carrousel (1) pourvu d'un convoyeur sans fin (2) auquel sont rattachés des éléments d'accrochage pour cintres (12), une unité d'entraînement (7), entraînant le convoyeur, et un rail le long duquel ce convoyeur (2) se déplace. Le rail est constitué de sections droites et courbes, convexes, (4 et 5, respectivement). Les distances entre les points successifs d'attache au convoyeur (2) des éléments d'accrochage sont calculées de manière qu'il y ait toujours au moins trois éléments d'accrochage dans la section courbe (5). Les éléments d'accrochage comportent des bras d'appui (10) attachés au convoyeur (2) et partant de celui-ci, des parties extérieures de bras d'appui comportant des crochets (11) pour les cintres (12) à suspendre. Ce système de rangement est conçu pour que, durant le déplacement du convoyeur (2) le long du rail guide, les distances existant entre les crochets (11) successifs augmentent à chaque passage dans les sections courbes (5) et diminuent à chaque passage dans les sections droites (4).
PCT/NL2000/000193 1999-03-23 2000-03-22 Systeme de rangement pour vetements WO2000056637A1 (fr)

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AU35760/00A AU3576000A (en) 1999-03-23 2000-03-22 Garments storage device
EP00914372A EP1163174B1 (fr) 1999-03-23 2000-03-22 Systeme de rangement pour vetements
DE60011878T DE60011878T2 (de) 1999-03-23 2000-03-22 Vorrichtung zur lagerung von kleidungsstücken
AT00914372T ATE270242T1 (de) 1999-03-23 2000-03-22 Vorrichtung zur lagerung von kleidungsstücken

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NL1011646 1999-03-23
NL1011646A NL1011646C2 (nl) 1999-03-23 1999-03-23 Kledingbufferinrichting.

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US2997133A (en) * 1960-06-14 1961-08-22 Ronald L Gehrke Automatic merchandise-delivery apparatus
GB1431253A (en) * 1974-10-04 1976-04-07 Willis I Apparatus for automatically dispensing and/or receiving articles
GB2076351A (en) 1980-05-22 1981-12-02 Goldschmidt Solomon Improvements in or relating to conveyor systems
DE4013844A1 (de) * 1990-04-30 1991-10-31 Normbau Gmbh Vorrichtung zur automatischen ausgabe von arbeits- und arbeitsschutzbekleidung
DE9201293U1 (fr) * 1992-02-03 1993-05-27 2 B Praezisionstechnik Gmbh Fuer Druck Und Industrie, 8011 Forstern, De
FR2707028A1 (en) * 1993-06-25 1994-12-30 Santi Yves Sa Enhancement for deposit locker
NL9500506A (nl) 1995-03-14 1996-10-01 Technico Machinebouw B V Inrichting voor het sorteren van op kleerhangers gehangen kledingstukken.

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US2997133A (en) * 1960-06-14 1961-08-22 Ronald L Gehrke Automatic merchandise-delivery apparatus
GB1431253A (en) * 1974-10-04 1976-04-07 Willis I Apparatus for automatically dispensing and/or receiving articles
GB2076351A (en) 1980-05-22 1981-12-02 Goldschmidt Solomon Improvements in or relating to conveyor systems
DE4013844A1 (de) * 1990-04-30 1991-10-31 Normbau Gmbh Vorrichtung zur automatischen ausgabe von arbeits- und arbeitsschutzbekleidung
DE9201293U1 (fr) * 1992-02-03 1993-05-27 2 B Praezisionstechnik Gmbh Fuer Druck Und Industrie, 8011 Forstern, De
FR2707028A1 (en) * 1993-06-25 1994-12-30 Santi Yves Sa Enhancement for deposit locker
NL9500506A (nl) 1995-03-14 1996-10-01 Technico Machinebouw B V Inrichting voor het sorteren van op kleerhangers gehangen kledingstukken.

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EP1163174B1 (fr) 2004-06-30
DE60011878D1 (de) 2004-08-05
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